Pumpkin Pie on All Souls' Day

Hope that you are all enjoying the Hallowe'en Blog Hop which is open until 7th November.  There are some gorgeous spooky designs on display and lots of enabling too!

I did something new for October this year; Dark October Stitching with a different Hallowe'en design every 3-4 days.  So the Pie looks rather different to usual:

Here's a little recap of each project:

Project 1 Just Nan's Haunted Autumn Mouse in a House was also my 30-a-Day project for the month.  I very nearly but not quite completed the carpet square on the 31st so I finished it off doing more than 30 stitches that day.

Mouse stitched on 32 count Cognac linen

Carpet Square stitched on 32 count Antique Ivory linen

Base of the House stitched on 32 count Antique Ivory linen

One Wall stitched on 32 count Antique Ivory linen

Project 2 was Jardin Prive's Happy Hallowe'en Night

stitched on 32 Cognac linen

Project 3 was JBW's Smiling Jack-O-Lantern

stitched on 32 count Platinum linen

Project 4 was Stacy Nash's Cast Your Spell

stitched over 1 on 32 count Platinum linen

Project 5 was Dam Good Craft's Dracula Book Cover

stitched on 32 count Amortentia by Chromatic Alchemy

Project 6 was Nora Corbett's Bewitching Pixie Raven

stitched on 32 count Nebula Belfast by Crafty Kitten

Project 7 was Shepherd's Bush Spooky Night which I finished in the four days.  I just need to add a little bat charm above the P.

stitched on 32 count Platinum linen

Project 8 was my conversion of Lavender & Lace's Enchanted Alphabet, I have reached Q.

stitched on 32 count Tiger Lily Murano by Sparklies

Project 9 to round off the month was a freebie from Plum Street Samplers called Brew Ha Ha.  I stitched this as part of a SAL to celebrate Tracy P's Birthday.  Tracy doesn't have a blog but she does have a FlossTube channel and set up a group on Facebook too.  This is as far as I got in 3 days.

stitched over 1 on 32 count Platinum linen

Finally I need to look at my spending last month!  I was doing well until DMC decided to release the new range of colours in a limited edition tin which Kate from Lakeside Needlecraft had on special offer.  She also had some offcuts of fabric very cheap so I added them to get free postage!  The spend for the month now looks like this:

October
Crazy sub	£25.99
New DMC tin	£24.50
Lakeside fabric	£5.15
Gold Petite 28 Needles	£5.30
Total	£60.94

See how pretty they are.

The Large Boy was disappointed that the Golden Skein was not included with them!

October Smalls SAL

The Smalls SAL is hosted by Stitching Lotus

This year I will be showing my Hallowe'en and Christmas SAL partworks and any other Smalls I may stitch.

First of all, here is the Christmas block from 12 Days of Christmas by Joan Elliott. A merry Lord a Leaping:

I started a new SAL - the Zodiac Club with Libra by Donna Kooler:

Dark October was all about the smalls, from Just Nan's Autumn Mouse:

In a Haunted House:

To JBW's Smiling Jack-O-Lanterns:

Stacy Nash's Cast Your Spell:

The latest start is Shepherd's Bush Spooky Night:

(Colour changes galore!)

Finally, I have decided upon the phrase for the Hallowe'en Blog Hop and will be emailing participants over the weekend so they can prepare to post on Tuesday 31st.